The Flower Hour #24: Lovely Lilies

Oh, lovely lily,
Growing in our garden,
Who made a dress so fair
For you to wear?^†

Lily is a very significant name in our family — my Great Gran was Lily, my Gran was Lillian and my Mum was Lily.  The name “Lily” means “Pledged to God.” Fitting, really, since all three women were daughters of Ministers.  In the language of flowers, Lilies symbolise purity.  

Quirkily, Mum, Nana and, according to her, my Great Gran too, all abhorred Lilies because, in Scotland and England, they were almost exclusively funeral flowers.  Neither Nana nor Mum would have one in their homes.  🙂  The closest I got to Easter Lilies was in church at the altar on Easter Sunday Morning.  

These, then, are my Non-Easter Lilies:

↑  Orange Daylily (Hemerocallis fulva)  ↓

Thanks to Terri for another Tuesday Flower Hour prompt.  Just wait ’til you see her gorgeous Lily — the detail in her image is pure amazingness:

The Flower Hour #24:  Easter Lilies

Joyeuses Pâques!

Happy Easter!

’Til next time, y’all…

^†Amy Carmichael, opening lines of her poem “Oh Lovely Lily” — full text below.

Oh Lovely Lily

Oh, lovely lily,
Growing in our garden,
Who made a dress so fair
For you to wear?
Who made you straight and tall
To give pleasure to us all?
Oh, lovely lily,
Who did it all?

Oh, little children,
Playing in our garden,
God made this dress so fair
For us to wear.
God made us straight and tall
To give pleasure to you all.
Oh, little children,
God did it all.